"declinable" meaning in English

See declinable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈklaɪnəbəɫ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-declinable.wav
Etymology: From decline + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|decline|able}} decline + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} declinable (not comparable)
  1. (grammar) Capable of being declined. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar Derived forms: undeclinable Translations (capable of being declined): скланя́льны (sklanjálʹny) (Belarusian), склоня́ем (sklonjáem) (Bulgarian), 不變的 (Chinese Mandarin), 不变的 (biàngé de) (Chinese Mandarin), sklonný (Czech), taipuva (Finnish), déclinable (French), deklinierbar (German), deklinabel (German), πτωτικός (ptotikós) (Greek), ragozható (Hungarian), declinabile (Italian), 語形変化ができる (gokei henka ga dekiru) (alt: ごけいへんができる) (Japanese), declinabilis (Latin), yn-jeechleayney (Manx), odmienny (Polish), склоня́емый (sklonjájemyj) (Russian), скло̀њив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), де̏клинабӣлан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), sklònjiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), dȅklinabīlan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), sklonný (Slovak), відмі́нюваний (vidmínjuvanyj) (Ukrainian)
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        "(grammar) Capable of being declined."
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          "roman": "sklanjálʹny",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "скланя́льны"
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          "roman": "sklonjáem",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "不變的"
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          "sense": "capable of being declined",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "sklonný"
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          "sense": "capable of being declined",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "déclinable"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "deklinierbar"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "deklinabel"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ptotikós",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "πτωτικός"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "ragozható"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "declinabile"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ごけいへんができる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gokei henka ga dekiru",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "語形変化ができる"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "declinabilis"
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        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "yn-jeechleayney"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "odmienny"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sklonjájemyj",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "склоня́емый"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "скло̀њив"
        },
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
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          "word": "де̏клинабӣлан"
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          "sense": "capable of being declined",
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          "sense": "capable of being declined",
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "sklonný"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidmínjuvanyj",
          "sense": "capable of being declined",
          "word": "відмі́нюваний"
        }
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sklonjáem",
      "sense": "capable of being declined",
      "word": "склоня́ем"
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      "sense": "capable of being declined",
      "word": "不變的"
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    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biàngé de",
      "sense": "capable of being declined",
      "word": "不变的"
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      "sense": "capable of being declined",
      "word": "sklonný"
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      "sense": "capable of being declined",
      "word": "taipuva"
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    {
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "capable of being declined",
      "word": "déclinable"
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      "sense": "capable of being declined",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "capable of being declined",
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ptotikós",
      "sense": "capable of being declined",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "capable of being declined",
      "word": "ragozható"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "capable of being declined",
      "word": "declinabile"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごけいへんができる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gokei henka ga dekiru",
      "sense": "capable of being declined",
      "word": "語形変化ができる"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "capable of being declined",
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      "sense": "capable of being declined",
      "word": "yn-jeechleayney"
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      "sense": "capable of being declined",
      "word": "odmienny"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sklonjájemyj",
      "sense": "capable of being declined",
      "word": "склоня́емый"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "capable of being declined",
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      "word": "скло̀њив"
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "capable of being declined",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "де̏клинабӣлан"
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      "sense": "capable of being declined",
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      "word": "dȅklinabīlan"
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      "sense": "capable of being declined",
      "word": "sklonný"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidmínjuvanyj",
      "sense": "capable of being declined",
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